Sunday, April 28, 2024
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Prelude
Song
(8:00-10:00) “Alleluia, Jesus is Risen” - #377 vs 1-3
(11:00) “Amen, Because He Lives”
Leader: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Cong: And also with you.
Psalm 22
Leader: From you comes my praise in the great assembly;
Cong: I will perform my vows in the sight of those who fear the Lord.
Leader: The poor shall eat and be satisfied, let those who seek the Lord give praise!
Cong: May our hearts live forever!
Leader: All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; all the families of nations shall bow before God.
Cong: For dominion belongs to the Lord, who rules over the nations.
Song of Praise
(8:00-10:00) “Take Me to the Water” - ACS # 957
(11:00) “Amen, Because He Live”
Prayer of the Day
Leader: O God, you give us your Son as the vine apart from whom we cannot live. Nourish our life in his resurrection, that we may bear the fruit of love and know the fullness of your joy, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. And all God’s children said loudly...Amen!
First Reading: Acts 8:26-40
An angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a wilderness road). So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to this chariot and join it.” So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” He replied, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him. Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this:
“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.”
The eunuch asked Philip, “About whom, may I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the good news about Jesus. As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?” He commanded the chariot to stop, and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he was passing through the region, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
This is the Word of the Lord…Thanks be to God!
Gospel: John 15:1-8
Jesus said: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.”
The Gospel of the Lord…Thanks be to God.
Message
Song of the Day
(8:00-10:00) “We Raise Our Hands to You, O Lord” - #690
(11:00) “Beautiful Things”
Announcements
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Apostles Creed (8:00)
Prayers of the Church
Words of Institution
The Lord’s Prayer
Lamb of God (8:00 & 9:00)
Setting Two - Hymn pg 135
Communion Song
(8:00, 9:00) “I Come With Joy” - #482
(10:00, 11:00) "Come As You Are"
Blessing and Benediction
Closing Song
(8:00, 9:00) “Awake, O Sleeper, Rise From Death” - #452
(10:00, 11:00) "Goodness of God"
Go in peace, serve the Lord...Thanks be to God!
Postlude